Improved ice-crushing table



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SAMUEL n. DAVIS AND DAVID W. DAVIS, or DETRo1T,'MIcHIGAN.

Letters Patent No. 98,852, dated l.Tamcarg/ 18d, 1870. r

Ami- IMPROVED ICE-CRUSHING- TABLE.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To who-m it may concern:

Be it known that we, SAMUEL H. DAVIS and DA- VID W. DAVIS, of Detroit,in the county of Wayne, and State of Michigan, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Ice-Crushing Table; and we do declare that thefollowing is a true and accurate description thereof, reference beinghad to the accompanying drawings, and tothe letters of reference markedthereon, and being a. part of this speciiication.

form size, suitable for freezing ice-cream, and other articles, and forpacking oysters, tish, and other articles that require to be kept at alow temperature.

llie invention consists of a strong frame, supported upon suitable legs,and provided with lateral metal bars, and suitable side and end-boards,as more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings- A represents a strong frame, made of anysuitable material, and mounted upon suitable support-s B.

Bars of iron or steel O, or of any appropriate material, are imposedlaterally across the frame, onehalf inch or more apart, according tocircumstances.

These bars may he ot any desired form and material, prrferably, however,of steel, 'and of .diamondjorln, ald so iaid upon the frame that theywillbe sharp on top and tapering underneath, as the-n the ice The.nature of this invention relates to a device for crnshingice intopieces of asmall and nearly uniwill not clog in its passage, as it willbe apt to do when they'are square orrectangular.

The bars should be 'so secured that they can readily `be taken outseparately, to be ground or'filed.

. The ice to be -broltenshould b'e placed upon the bars in cakes, say,varying in weight omtwenty-tive to two hundred pounds, the side andend-boards D, when in place, preventing it from sliding ofi'.

A smart blow with a small axe, or other suitable device, will break theice Vand drive it through the grating, thus making it into nearlyuniform-sized pieces, for the purpose set forth. f

The side-boards D may be secured rigidly to the `frame-work A, or insuch a manner that they can be easily removed.

With this device one man can crush more ice in one hour than four mencando in the same time with the most improved ice-mills, while the`apparatus is cheap and durable, and the processsimple and easy.

W hat we claim as our improvement in an ice-crushing table, is-

The `arrangement of the bars C with their sharp angular edges, an'd thetwo outside bars E with upper dat surfaces, and side and end-pieces D,in hopperform, on leg B, as shown and described.

. i S. H. DAVIS. W'itnesses: D. W. DAVIS. t Jas. I. DAY,

H. S. SPBAGUE.

